Dr frontloop, I don't think you can sail Avalon on a NW wind as the wave is peeling left. so come my question, how did the other reefs (just north of Avalon main looked like?) sailable on a NW?
i was on the 4.2 arrows impact and red starboard, my mate simon was the other young guy on a orange neilpryde core and a very distinctive JP (lots of repairs!). Yeah i was definetly struggling for a while as well, i think we left before the strongest wind, on the way back up to Perth we had to slow down to 60 at times just cos the rain was so heavy that we couldn't see the road. After sunday i was too sore to make the most of yesterday's carnage!
Davo, I was on a yellow Exocet and red ezzy and Im 6'7. Cant miss me Forecast is looking for a good day there again tomorrow Fingers crossed, might have to do it again
Senate estimates committee wants to know, is it the normal splat gybe or the more skillful splaaaaaaaaaaaaaat gybe you have mastered?
Love Johno
Mr H
it was the extended version of the splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat gybe. To bigger sail (6.5m slalom) To smaller fin To much wind Going into it way to hot Cavitation
results
ELMO Can FLY Elmo bounces across the water like a skipping stone Elmo resurfaces in knee deep water looking embarassed (yet again)
where about in dunsborough, NW isn't that cross offshore - unless you guys were out at meelup or something - there isn't enough swell to come around to d'borough is there?
Hey leski, I not quite sure which reef you mean, when I sailed there during the summer on SW winds, the reefs looked pretty shallow. So I surfed only through the channel and on the left side. On sunday the waves were very big and I would not have sailed at the reefs, but there were some nice waves coming through the channel and the inside was rather flat, so not too bad. I also had a look at Geeries and it looked at bit more relaxed, but probably to onshore. Dr.F.
on the main reef (starting from the point and extending northward) the wave is a left hander, which is ok for wave riding on a SW (like in summer). That's why I don't think it it possible to ride this wave on a NW. So I was just wondering if the reefs between Geeries and Avalon would provide a rideable right hander wave on a NW wind.I've never been down there on a NW
Hi leski, I can not really remember how the wave was between Avalon and Geeries, but it was not a perfect righthander wave for NW, otherwise I would have remembered it. I think I should have tried Geeries, but I was more concentrating on finding someone to join me. Dr.F.
weather beauro sucks, they just issue warnings, and grossly over estimate the wind so that when people have there houses blown over they cant sue... could be wrong
